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A Note on the April 4 Belfast Project Hearing
Bumped: the hearing is today! On April 4, the First Circuit will hear oral arguments on the two appeals brought by Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre in the Belfast Project case. Just to whet your appetite, here is a little bit of color commentary. The hearing is likely to be well-attended, and not just by……
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Schumer on the Belfast Project
A hat-tip to Chris Bray, for bringing to light Senator Charles E. Schumer’s letter to the Attorney General and the Secretary of State expressing concern about the government’s subpoenas in the Belfast Project case. Here are two key excerpts from the letter: During the ratification of this treaty we in the United States Senate made……
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More on the Doug Cassel Post
On March 17 I commented on Doug Cassel’s post at Opinio Juris. Professor Cassel is one of the authors of an amicus brief Chevron filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. While I frequently get reactions to my Lago Agrio posts from partisans on one side or the other, this was the first time……
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Moloney & McIntyre File Their Reply Brief
Yesterday Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre filed their reply brief in their appeal of Judge Young’s denial of their motion for leave to intervene and his dismissal of their claims against Attorney General Holder. Much of the brief is taken up with the intervention issue, which is puzzling to me. If I were one of……
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Chevron Seeks a TRO
Chevron is back before Judge Kaplan, seeking a temporary restraining order in its RICO case against Steven Donziger, Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo, and several of the Lago Agrio plainitffs. Recall that Judge Kaplan previously denied Chevron’s motion to attach the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ interests in the Ecuadoran judgment. For Chevron, this is “once more unto……